3-210 Accommodations Two Zone District | Telluride Land Use Code

Section 3-210 Accommodations Two Zone District

3-210.A. Purpose. The purpose of the Accommodations Two Zone District (AC-2) is to provide an area of relatively higher densities, where visitor-oriented accommodations, housing for residents recreation facilities to serve both visitors and residents, and limited commercial uses intended to provide tourist and accommodations-related services are permitted and encouraged.

Important development considerations in the AC-2 Zone District, beyond those expressed in the area’s design guidelines, are the need to preserve and create strong pedestrian corridors, the need to anticipate and design around and for the San Miguel River and River Park Trail Corridor, the need to accommodate public transit, and the opportunity to utilize the intercept parking areas which are centrally located within the AC-2 Zone District.

3-210.B. Use Table. The uses permitted by right and the uses permitted on review in the Accommodations Two Zone District are as follows:

Accommodations Two Zone District Use Table
Uses Permitted By Right	Uses Permitted On Review
1. Lodginghouses, Boardinghouses and Roominghouses (pursuant to and subject to Note 1 below)	1. School, Church, Hospital or Public Building
2. Multi-Family Dwelling Units	2. One-Family Dwelling Units on lots of 5,000 sq. ft. or less
3. Multi-Family Short-Term Dwelling Units (pursuant to and subject to Note 1 below)	3. Two-Family Dwelling Units on lots of 5,000 sq. ft. or less
4. Condominium-Hotel, Hotels and Conference Facilities
5. The following tourist-related retail commercial uses only, the total area of which shall not exceed 15% of the gross floor area of the principal structure: a. Art Gallery b. Bar c. Book Shop d. Camera Shop e. Candy, Tobacco Store f. Gift Shop g. Jewelry Store h. Liquor Store i. Restaurant j. Sporting Goods Store k. Property Management Office l. Visitor Service Office Rental and repair and storage of uses in conjunction with uses set out in this subsection.	4. Other tourist-related retail and service commercial uses not itemized as a permitted use, or office uses. In no case shall the total area of commercial or office use exceed 15% of the gross floor area of the principal structure.
6. One-Family Dwelling Units in Backman Village, Lots 29-33, inclusive	5. See C.9
7. Designated Employee Dwelling Units and Affordable Housing Unit	6. Parking of motor vehicles East of Davis Street
8. Timesharing, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6-413 of this Title
9. Parks, Open Space and Recreational Uses
10. Parking of motor vehicles West of Davis Street

Determinations and interpretations of tourist-related retail and service commercial uses may be provided by the Planning Director upon request.

Note 1:Pursuant to and subject to all applicable terms and limitations imposed in the Telluride Municipal Code Chapter 6, Article 1 (Business Licenses).

3-210.C. Dimensional Limitations. The following dimensional limitations apply to all uses permitted by right and uses permitted on review in the Accommodations Two Zone District:

3-210.C.1. Minimum Lot Area. Two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.

3-210.C.2. Minimum Lot Width. Twenty five feet (25').

3-210.C.3. Minimum Lot Frontage. Twenty five feet (25').

3-210.C.4. Minimum Front Yard. To allow flexibility in the design process, there is no established minimum front yard within this Zone District. Setbacks will be governed by the Uniform Building Code and the requirements of H.A.R.C.

3-210.C.5. Minimum Side Yard. Same as minimum front and rear yard.

3-210.C.6. Minimum Rear Yard. Same as minimum front and side yard.

3-210.C.7. Setback to the San Miguel River, River Trail and River Park. Notwithstanding the above provisions, the following minimum setback from a property line which is adjacent to a property which is zoned or entirely dedicated for Open Space or Park and contains either the San Miguel River or River Park Trail, or from the River Park Trail or the San Miguel River in the absence of such zoning or dedication, whichever is more restrictive, shall be ten feet (10'), however, in no case shall the average setback of the building facade be less than fifteen feet (15'). For the purposes of this section, the determination of setback shall include any building or structure, or portion thereof, including decks, porches, railings and fences:

3-210.C.8. Minimum Bulk Plane. Notwithstanding the above provisions, buildings shall be set back a minimum of one (1) horizontal foot for each one and a half (1.5) vertical feet, excluding chimneys, from a property line which is adjacent to a property which is zoned or entirely dedicated for Open Space or Park and contains either the San Miguel River or River Park Trail, or from the River dedication, whichever is more restrictive.

3-210.C.9. Setback for High Intensity Use. Notwithstanding Section 3-210.B., no High Intensity Use as defined in Table 3-3 shall be permitted within a structure whose access to that use, or which use is located outside a structure, which is within fifty (50') feet of a property line of a property which is zoned or entirely dedicated for Open Space or Park and contains either the San Miguel River or River Park Trial, or fifty (50') feet from the River Park Trail or the San Miguel River in the absence of such zoning or dedication, whichever is more restrictive, unless such uses are authorized and approved by P&Z subject to the provisions of Article 6, Division 1, “Uses Permitted on Review”.

3-210.C.10. Minimum Floor Area. No limitation.

a. Thirty thousand (30,000) square feet per structure.

b. Fifty thousand (50,000) square feet per structure provided:

(1) the structure is comprised of hotel, lodge, roominghouse, boardinghouse, short-term dwelling units; facilities for conferences, performing arts, or special events, provided such facilities are available to local non-profit organizations¹; excepting the following: the net floor area of uses other than those listed above shall not comprise greater than thirty-five percent (35%) of the gross floor area of the structure minus floor area dedicated to affordable or employee housing.

(2) the uses within the structure are memorialized in a development agreement or instrument as approved by the Town Manager.

c. The maximums listed above may be increased pursuant to Article 6, Division 3, “Planned Unit Development” or as modified by H.A.R.C.

1"Available to local non-profit organizations" means such facility shall be available free of charge a minimum of twenty (20) days per calendar year between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight, or the number of days and times as otherwise approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission pursuant to Article 6, Division 3, "Planned Unit Development", for use by local municipal, school, religious, public service organizations, and not-for-profit educational, charitable and artistic organizations.

a. To preserve the views of the surrounding mountainous terrain and because higher buildings will not have as severe a visual impact if situated at the toe of the mountain as those further north from the toe of the mountain, the following sub district building height limitations are imposed:

(1) Principal structures south of the San Miguel River: forty feet (40'); provided that the highest ridge point of any roof, excluding chimneys, shall not exceed forty five feet (45') directly above the pre construction grade of the building’s site coverage, or the post-construction grade at the perimeter of the building’s site coverage (including window and door wells which extend greater than four feet (4') from the exterior perimeter of the building’s site coverage), whichever is more restrictive.

(2) Principal structures north of the San Miguel River: thirty five feet (35');

b. Notwithstanding anything in Title to the contrary, for the purposes of measuring the height of principal structures south of the San Miguel River the constant slope method of height measurement may be used for structures which have at least fifty percent (50%) of their ground coverage located on hillsides with a pre construction grade or slope of fifteen percent (15%) or greater as follows:

(1) the height of any principal building or structure shall be measured as the length of any line which is plumb from a plane located at the highest point, excluding chimneys, of coping of a flat roof, or located at the mean height level between the eaves and ridge for gable, hip, the decline of a mansard roof, or gambrel roofs, and which plane is above and parallel to the original, pre construction grade of the building’s site coverage area, or the post-construction grade at the perimeter of the building’s site coverage (including window and door wells which extend greater than four feet (4') from the exterior perimeter of the building’s site coverage), whichever is more restrictive.

c. The maximum height of principal structures may be increased, if approved pursuant to PUD review, subject to the following conditions and limitations:

(1) South of the San Miguel River, up to fifty feet (50'), with a highest ridge point not to exceed fifty five feet (55') directly above the original ground surface, excluding chimneys, provided the pitch of any roof which is fifty feet (50') or greater directly above the pre-construction grade of the building’s site coverage, or the post-construction grade at the perimeter of the building’s site coverage (including window and door wells which extend greater than four feet (4') from the exterior perimeter of the building’s site coverage), whichever is more restrictive, in whole or in part, shall be eight to twelve (8:12) or steeper.

(2) North of the San Miguel River, forty feet (40').

d. A survey of the original, pre construction grade of the building site area south of the San Miguel River shall be provided as part of any application for approval of preliminary PUD plan, H.A.R.C. Certificate of Appropriateness, building permit, or any other form of approval for construction of a building, unless previously submitted.

a. For all buildings, one (1) unit of vertical rise to four (4) units of horizontal run unless modified or otherwise required by H.A.R.C.

b. No roof may begin less than seven feet (7') from ground level.

3-210.C.14. Maximum Ridge Line Length. No ridge of any roof may extend continuously for a length greater than 60', unless modified by H.A.R.C.

a. For lot sizes twenty thousand square feet (20,000 sq.ft.) or less, the maximum site coverage shall not exceed forty percent (40%) or when all required parking is enclosed, fifty percent (50%).

b. For lot sizes greater than twenty thousand square feet (20,000 sq. ft.),

.4 - ([(Lot Area - 20,000) x .125]) / (100,000) = Maximum Percent Site Coverage

c. For lot sizes of one hundred thousand (100,000) sq. ft. or greater, the site coverage shall not exceed thirty percent (30%).

d. If an applicant elects to provide floor area or space within a building or structure which encloses either all or a percentage of the required parking, the site coverage maximum may be increased according to the following table:

Percent of Required Spaces Provided Within a Structure	Additional Site Coverage Percentage Allowed
100	10%
75	7.5%
50	5%
25	2.5%
0	0%

e. Enclosed open space shall be included in calculating site coverage. Enclosed open space means the ground area which is not covered by an above grade structure, which is surrounded on more than two sides by buildings, and which is physically or visually closed to view from all adjacent rights-of-way, or public lands within the Town of Telluride.

3-210.D. Off Street Parking Requirements. The following number of off street parking spaces shall be provided for each use in the Accommodations Two Zone District:

Parking Requirements in the Accommodations Two Zone District
Use Category	Required Parking
Residential Dwelling Units	1 space per unit
Short-term Dwelling Units	2 spaces for every 3 units
Hotel, Lodge, Roominghouse, Boardinghouse	2 spaces for every 3 units
Low Intensity Use	One space per 1,000 square feet of floor area
High Intensity Use	One space per 500 square feet of floor area